Gabry Ponte | |
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 Ponte in 2025 | |
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| Born | Gabriele Ponte 20 April 1973 |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Website | www |
Gabriele "Gabry" Ponte (Italian pronunciation: [ɡabriˈɛːle ˈɡaːbri ˈponte]; born 20 April 1973)[1] is an Italian musician, DJ and producer, best known as a member of Eiffel 65.
With Eiffel 65's rise to fame in the late 1990s, he later went on to produce the Italian hit singles "Geordie", "Time to Rock", "Got to Get", and "La Danza delle Streghe", along with a number of remixes of popular songs. In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006, he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love. He also produced the 2012 international hit "Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro, and released his singles "Beat on My Drum" (featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen) and "Buonanotte Giorno". He represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his song "Tutta l'Italia", in which he qualified for the Grand Final and placed 26th (last) with 27 points.
He entered the Top 100 DJs list from DJ Mag as of 2014.[2]
Career
1997–2003
In 1997 he formed the group Eiffel 65 with Jeffrey Jey and Maurizio Lobina. The group's debut single, Blue (Da Ba Dee), was released the following year and topped the worldwide charts and sold over 8 million copies; their first album Europop sold another 4 million copies. In the year 2000, they won the European Music Award as the "Best Italian Artist In The World".
He later went on to produce the 2001 Italian hit single "Geordie" (a cover of Fabrizio De André's song by the same name, sung by Italian vocalist Stefania Piovesan), which was rewarded with gold record for selling over 25,000 copies,[3] as well as the 2001 hit "Got to Get", the 2002 hit "Time to Rock", and the 2003 hit "La Danza delle Streghe" (English: "The Dance of the Witches"). Also to his credit are a number of remixes of popular songs such as the 2003 singles for Gianni Togni's "Giulia" and O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei", among others.
2005–2009
In 2005, Ponte announced he would be separating from Eiffel 65 to pursue solo work. In 2006, he founded and still manages record label Dance and Love, nowadays one of the most important Italian dance independent labels. He would release a song called "Vivi Nell'Aria" featuring Miani to Zooland Records. The song samples "The Moon" by ItaloBrothers.
2012–2014
In 2012, Ponte released his single "Beat on My Drum" featuring Pitbull and Sophia del Carmen, which peaked at No. 11 on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. In January 2012, he also produced the international hit "Tacata'" by dance music trio Tacabro.
Meanwhile, Ponte started his solo projects, and his first singles and remixes stormed the European charts. In 2014, his single "Buonanotte Giorno" became a summer hit in Italy, reaching the top 10 in the country. In the same year, he entered the Top 100 DJs chart from DJ Mag at No. 61, also as the highest-ranked Italian.[4]
2021–present
His most successful collaborations include the 2021 singles "Thunder" with LUM!X and Prezioso and "Can't Get Over You" with Aloe Blacc. The 2022 singles "Call Me" with Timmy Trumpet and R3HAB, "The Finger" with Georgia Ku, and the summer hit "We Could Be Together" together with LUM!X and Daddy DJ, already GOLD record in Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium and France.
In 2022, he represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 as a co-writer and producer of the song "Halo", performed by Lumix and Pia Maria. Among the last club releases were collaborations with artists such a Blasterjaxx, Justus, DJs From Mars, Vini Vici and official remixes for Sigala, Sam Feldt and David Guetta with his global hit "I’m Good".
On 6 December, Ponte released a dedicated song to Spotify Wrapped 2023: "Losing You – Spotify Singles", celebrating the Police track "Every Breath You Take" 40 years since its release. From a live perspective, in 2023, Ponte performed 90 shows in 11 countries, in front of over 700,000 people dancing.[citation needed]
In 2025, Ponte won the right to represent San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Tutta l'Italia", which had previously been composed as the theme for that year's Sanremo Music Festival. He was driving his daughter to the park when he played the song for her. When the song ended, she said, "Daddy, play it again."[5] On 13 May 2025, Ponte performed in the first semifinal, where he qualified to the grand final, becoming the fourth representative of San Marino to do so.[6] Ponte placed 26th with 27 points.
He was the DJ for the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics. [7]
Discography
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Albums
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| ITA [8] | ||
| Gabry Ponte | 2002 | 16 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. DJ | 2004 | 17 |
| Gabry2o | 2008 | 34 |
Other albums
- Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Love Songs in the Digital Age According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte (2007)
- Gabry Ponte – Gabry2o Vol. 2 (2009)
- Dance & Love albums series:
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 1 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 2 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 3 (2010)
- Gabry Ponte pres. Dance & Love Selection Vol. 4 (2011)
Extended plays
- 2006: Modern Tech Noises According to Gabry Ponte
- 2007: Love Songs in the Digital Age according to Gabry Ponte Containing: "Now & Forever" / "The Point of No Return" / "The Point of No Return (Bufalo & D-Deck Remix)" / "La Libertà" (Hard Love Remix) / "Geordie" (Eurotrance Remix)
- 2007: Tunes from Planet Earth According to Gabry Ponte
- 2018: Dance Lab
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA [9] |
AUT [10] |
BEL (Wa) [11][12] |
FRA [13] |
GER [14] |
LTU [15] |
NLD [16] |
NOR [17] |
SWE [18][19] |
SWI [20] | ||||
| "Time to Rock" | 2002 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Gabry Ponte | |
| "Geordie" | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "De musica tonante" | 2003 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Music" (with Fargetta) |
75 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "The Man in the Moon" | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Giulia" (with DJ Lhasa) | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "La danza delle streghe" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ | ||
| "Figli di Pitagora" (featuring Little Tony) |
2004 | 13 | — | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sin pararse" (with Ye Man) |
20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "Depends on You" | 2005 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dr. Jekyll & Mister DJ | |
| "Sono già solo (Remix)" | 2010 | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dance and Love – The Selection Vol. 3 | |
| "Beat on My Drum" (featuring Pitbull and Sophia Del Carmen) |
2012 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "La fine del mondo" (featuring Two Fingerz) |
2014 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Buonanotte giorno" | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Che ne sanno i 2000" (featuring Danti) |
2016 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Tu sei" (featuring Danti) |
2017 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| "Monster" (with Lum!x) |
2019 | — | 52 | 37 | 41 | 20 | — | — | — | —[A] | 55 | ||
| "The Passenger (LaLaLa)" (with Lum!x and Mokaby and D.T.E) |
2020 | — | 47 | — | 128 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lonely" (with Jerome) |
— | — | — | — | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Golden"[26] (with Blasterjaxx featuring Riell) |
2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Oh La La"[27] (with Moti featuring Mougleta) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Going Down"[28] (with Lucky Luke and Kevin Palms) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Thunder" (with Lum!x and Prezioso) |
42 | 36 | 5 | 18 | 79 | — | 14 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |||
| "The Portrait (Ooh La La)"[30] (with R3hab) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Superman"[31] (with Roberto Molinaro) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Feeling"[32] (with Henri PFR) |
— | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Can't Get Over You"[33] (featuring Aloe Blacc) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Call Me"[34] (with R3hab and Timmy Trumpet) |
2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | ||
| "Hasta La Vista"[35] (with Blasterjaxx) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "We Could Be Together"[36] (with Lum!x and Daddy DJ) |
93 | — | — | 96 | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | |||
| "Rely on Me" (with Sigala and Alex Gaudino) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Every Cloud – Silver Linings | ||
| "Dance Dance" (with Alessandra) |
2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Let You Down"[37] (with Dvbbs featuring Sofiloud) |
2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Born to Love Ya" (with Sean Paul and Natti Natasha)[38] |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | — | |||
| "Tutta l'Italia" | 2025 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | 91 | — | ||
| "Exotica"[39] | — | — | — | 94 [40] |
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| "Brokenhearted" (with Train) |
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| "Rave Music" (with Nicky Romero) |
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| "Pretty Women(All Around The World)" (with Azteck and Pitbull) |
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| "I Don't Know" (with Erika)[41] |
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| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
Other releases
- 2009: "U.N.D.E.R.G.R.O.U.N.D."
- 2009: "Electro Muzik is Back"
- 2010: "Sexy DJ (In da Club)" (featuring Maya Days)
- 2020: "Opera" (with La Diva)
- 2020: "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (Gabry Ponte edit) (by Harris & Ford)
In 2022, Ponte released "Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony", a remix of "Friendships (Lost My Love) ft. Leony" from Pascal Letoublon, itself a remix of Letoublon's 2017 instrumental release "Friendships".[42]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2025 | Eurovision Awards | Certified Banger | Himself | Nominated | [43][44] |
Notes
- ^ "Monster" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number nine on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[22]
References
- ^ "Gabry Ponte Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
- ^ "Top 100 DJs 2014 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte Al Subway... e il Sabato Sera diventa Leggenda". Subwayviterbo.it (in Italian). 20 March 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 DJs 2014 - DJMag.com". DJ Mag. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ^ "From 'Tutta L'Italia' to San Marino: It's Gabry Ponte's party". Eurovision.tv. 23 April 2025. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
- ^ Holdiness, Timothy (13 May 2025). "Eurovision 2025 Semi-Final One Qualifiers". ESCXTRA. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ Gabry Ponte will ignite the Arena di Verona at the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 olympics.com. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte albums". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte singles". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte & Henri PFR – The Feeling" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Gabry+Ponte". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Discographie von Gabry Ponte". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ "2025 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "Discografie R3HAB". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 32". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21, 2025". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ^ "Discographie Gabry Ponte". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Italian certifications – Gabry Ponte" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 33". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gabry Ponte)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Austrian certifications – Gabry Ponte" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d "French certifications – Gabry Ponte" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Golden (feat. RIELL) - Single by Blasterjaxx & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Oh La La (feat. Mougleta) - Single by Gabry Ponte & MOTi on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Going Down - Single by Gabry Ponte, Lucky Luke & Kevin Palms on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
- ^ "Norwegian certifications – Gabry Ponte" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "The Portrait (Ooh La La) - Single by R3HAB & Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Superman - Single by Gabry Ponte, Roberto Molinaro on Spotify". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ Dancing Astronaut Staff (27 September 2021). "Gabry Ponte, Henri PFR join forces to give Cindy Lauper a modern disco flip". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ EDM.com Staff (29 November 2021). "Gabry Ponte and Aloe Blacc—legends behind 'Blue' and 'Wake Me Up'—join forces for intoxicating dance-pop anthem, 'Can't Get Over You'". EDM.com. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Gabry Ponte, R3HAB And Timmy Trumpet Team Up For 'Call Me' | UFO Network". UFO Network. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ "Hasta La Vista - Single by Gabry Ponte & Blasterjaxx on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "We Could Be Together - Single". Apple Music. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Let You Down (feat. Sofiloud) - Single by DVBBS & Gabry Ponte". Apple Music. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Born To Love Ya - Single by Gabry Ponte, Sean Paul & Natti Natasha". Apple Music. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ "Exotica - Single by Gabry Ponte on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "Top Singles (Week 20, 2025)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "I Don't Know - Single by Gabry Ponte & Erika on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ Gogovski, Metodi (6 June 2022). "Gabry Ponte delivers his own re-work of the Pascal Letoublon single 'Friendships' (Lost My Love) ft. Leony". Rave Jungle. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Vote now in the Eurovision Awards 2024". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "The winners of the Eurovision Awards 2025!". eurovision.com. European Broadcasting Union. 31 December 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
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